Talking about William Faulkner
Subtitle: interviews with Jimmy Faulkner and others
By: Sally Wolff with Floyd C. Watkins.
Contributors: Wolff, Sally.; Watkins, Floyd C.
Series: Southern literary studies
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Baton Rouge
Language: eng
Number of pages: 196
Subjects: Faulkner, William, 1897-1962 -- Homes and haunts -- Mississippi -- Lafayette County; Faulkner, William, 1897-1962 -- Homes and haunts -- Mississippi -- Oxford; Faulkner, William, 1897-1962 -- Family; Faulkner, Jim, 1923- -- Interviews; Faulkner family; Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Family relationships; Literary landmarks -- Mississippi -- Lafayette County; Literary landmarks -- Mississippi -- Oxford; Oxford (Miss.) -- Intellectual life -- 20th century; Lafayette County (Miss.) -- Biography; Oxford (Miss.) -- Biography
Description: In the 1970s and 1980s, Sally Wolff and Floyd C. Watkins, both of Emory University, took students of southern literature to Lafayette County, Mississippi, to explore the region where William Faulkner lived. They visited Faulkner's home, Rowan Oak, in Oxford, Mississippi; trekked around the countryside; and met people who were the prototypes for some of his characters.

During these excursions, they discovered firsthand how profoundly Faulkner's family, community, and region imprinted themselves on his imagination and then both shaped and enriched his work.

Their primary guide was Jimmy Faulkner, who was once described by his famous uncle as "the only person who likes me for what I am." Like his uncle, Jimmy is a born storyteller, and his recollections provide fascinating, often intimate details about Faulkner as author, friend and drinking buddy, member of the unusual Faulkner clan, and resident of the model for what may be the most famous county in American literature.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-190) and index.